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Taro Abe, Bando-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110008112	RADIUS END MILL AND CUTTING INSERT - A radius end mill including an end mill body which is rotated around an axis thereof; a chip discharge flute being provided at an outer periphery of a tip portion of the end mill body; a gash being provided at a tip portion of the chip discharge flute; a rake face being formed on a wall face facing an end-mill rotational direction in the chip discharge flute or the gash; a cutting edge being formed on the rake face; the cutting edge including an end cutting edge, an outer peripheral cutting edge, and a convex circular-arc-shaped corner cutting edge; the end cutting edge being formed at a side ridge portion on the tip portion of the rake face; the outer peripheral cutting edge being formed at a side ridge portion on the outer peripheral side of the rake face; the convex circular-arc-shaped corner cutting edge being formed at a corner side ridge portion formed by the end cutting edge and the outer peripheral cutting edge; wherein the corner cutting edge has a positive cutting edge inclination angle; and the portion of the rake face on the side of the side ridge portion along at least a portion of the corner cutting edge is inclined toward the rear side in the end-mill rotational direction as it approaches the outer peripheral cutting edge from the end cutting edge, and is formed in the shape of a twist face whose inclination toward the rear side in the end-mill rotational direction gradually becomes larger as it approaches the center of the convex circular arc formed by the corner cutting edge from the corner cutting edge.	01-13-2011

Taro Abe, Joso-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110214552	Rotary cutting tool - The rotary cutting tool is provided with a tool body (	09-08-2011

Taro Abe, Akashi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110008113	RADIUS END MILL AND CUTTING INSERT - A radius end mill including an end mill body which is rotated around an axis thereof; a chip discharge flute being provided at an outer periphery of a tip portion of the end mill body; a gash being provided at a tip portion of the chip discharge flute; a rake face being formed on a wall face facing an end-mill rotational direction in the chip discharge flute or the gash; a cutting edge being formed on the rake face; the cutting edge including an end cutting edge, an outer peripheral cutting edge, and a convex circular-arc-shaped corner cutting edge; the end cutting edge being formed at a side ridge portion on the tip portion of the rake face; the outer peripheral cutting edge being formed at a side ridge portion on the outer peripheral side of the rake face; the convex circular-arc-shaped corner cutting edge being formed at a corner side ridge portion formed by the end cutting edge and the outer peripheral cutting edge; a chip breaker being formed on a side ridge portion of the rake face at least along the corner cutting edge so as to have a convex circular-arc shape extending parallel to the corner cutting edge at the portion along the corner cutting edge; the chip breaker having a groove bottom face lower than respect to the rake face, and a groove wall face which rises from the groove bottom face and is connected to the rake face; and at both ends of the chip breaker on the side of the end cutting edge and on the side of the outer peripheral cutting edge, the groove bottom face rising to connect with the rake face in a direction along the end cutting edge or the outer peripheral cutting edge at the end, or the groove bottom face extends so as to be parallel to the rake face and the chip breaker is opened.	01-13-2011

Taro Aiura, Sayama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110181732	INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, INFORMATION DISPLAY PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information display apparatus having a display unit that displays first information based on a signal corresponding to one channel in a broadcast wave received by a receiving unit, further includes a detecting unit that detects a reception state of the signal while the first information is displayed on the display unit; a judging unit that judges whether information displayed on the display unit has been changed from the first information to second information, if the reception state of the signal has deteriorated; a monitoring unit that monitors whether the reception state has returned to a favorable state, if the displayed information has been judged to have been changed to the second information; and a display control unit that continues display of the second information and redisplays the first information on a portion of the display unit, if the reception state of the signal has returned to a favorable state.	07-28-2011

Taro Ando, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100060969	OPTICAL BEAM GENERATING DEVICE - The light beam generator	03-11-2010
20100103962	LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, OBSERVATION DEVICE, AND PROCESSING DEVICE - A light source device	04-29-2010
20100214640	OPTICAL MASK, AND LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - This optical mask is an optical mask which applies spatial intensity modulation to input light in a beam cross-section and outputs a light after being subjected to the modulation, and when regions A	08-26-2010
20110058579	LASER LIGHT SOURCE - A laser light source	03-10-2011
20110064113	LASER LIGHT SOURCE - A laser light source	03-17-2011
20110273759	LIGHT CONTROL DEVICE AND LIGHT CONTROL METHOD - A light control device	11-10-2011

Taro Aoyama, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110061370	EXHAUST PURIFICATION DEVICE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In an internal combustion engine, an NO	03-17-2011

Taro Aoyama, Susono-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090071130	Fuel Addition Control Method Applied to Exhaust Emission Purifier of Internal Combustion Engine and Exhaust Emission Purifier - An exhaust emission purifier able to suppress overheats of an exhaust emission purifying catalyst and execute fuel addition promptly when fuel addition to the exhaust emission purifying catalyst is requested is provided. In the exhaust emission purifier of an internal combustion engine including exhaust emission purifying catalyst of purifying exhaust emission of an internal combustion engine and a fuel addition valve of adding fuel from upstream of the exhaust emission purifying catalyst, cycles are repeated in order that the exhaust emission purifying catalyst is to be regulated at a target temperature, the cycle being a combination of an addition period during which fuel is added from the fuel addition valve and a halt period during which fuel addition is halted, and the fuel addition valve is manipulated such that the halt period is disposed so as to sandwich the addition period in the cycle. The length of the pre-addition halt period disposed before the addition period is varied in accordance with the temperature of the exhaust emission purifying catalyst at the start point of the cycle.	03-19-2009
20090077950	Exhaust Purification System For Internal Combustion Engine - The exhaust purification system for an internal combustion engine according to the present invention includes fuel supply means for supplying fuel to the NOx storage-reduction catalyst from the upstream side thereof, and SOx poisoning recovery control executing means that uses the fuel supply means to supply fuel to the NOx storage-reduction catalyst thereby executing the SOx poisoning recovery control at a predetermined interval during operation of the internal combustion engine. In addition, according to the present invention, the execution of the SOx poisoning recovery control by the SOx poisoning recovery control executing means is prohibited during a predetermined period DELTA Qfen2 starting from a point in time that the operation of the internal combustion engine is initially started. The predetermined period DELTA Qfen2 is longer than a predetermined interval DELTA Qfen1.	03-26-2009
20090280037	Exhaust gas purification apparatus for an internal combustion engine - There is provided a technique which can reduce the NOx stored in an NOx storage reduction catalyst. In case where concentrated reduction is carried out so as to add a reducing agent to the NOx storage reduction catalyst in a concentrated manner when a shift has been made from a state in which reduction of the NOx stored in said NOx storage reduction catalyst is unable to be performed in spite of a request for reduction of the NOx into a state in which reduction of the NOx is able to be performed, the level of concentration upon addition of the reducing agent is changed based on the amount of the NOx stored in the NOx storage reduction catalyst and the temperature of the NOx storage reduction catalyst.	11-12-2009
20100126148	EXHAUST PURIFICATION SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A technique is provided that enables reducer concentrations in exhaust gas flowing into an exhaust purification device on the upstream side and an exhaust purification device on the downstream side provided to an exhaust pipe in series to be controlled separately with a simple configuration. Included are the two exhaust purification devices provided to an exhaust passage in series, a bypass passage that bypasses the exhaust purification device on the upstream side, an exhaust control valve provided to the bypass passage, and reducer supply means provided on the upstream side of a branch portion. A reducer is supplied intermittently from the reducer supply means to periodically change the reducer concentration in the exhaust gas, and the exhaust control valve is opened or closed periodically at a predetermined timing with respect to the change in the reducer concentration. Accordingly, the supplied reducer is distributed to be introduced to the exhaust purification device on the upstream side or to be introduced to the exhaust purification device on the downstream side via the bypass passage.	05-27-2010
20110146634	SUPERCHARGER CONTROL DEVICE FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A supercharger control device for an internal combustion engine is preferably applied to a system having a first supercharger and a second supercharger. A switching supercharging pressure setting unit sets a switching supercharging pressure used in case of switching a mode for operating the first supercharger and the second supercharger, based on a difference between a target supercharging pressure and an actual supercharging pressure. When the actual supercharging pressure reaches the switching supercharging pressure, a switching control unit performs a control of switching the mode. Therefore, it becomes possible to appropriately prevent the overshoot of the supercharging pressure at the time of switching the mode.	06-23-2011

Taro Arimatsu, Minamitsuru-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100004778	OBJECT PICKING DEVICE - An object picking device, which is inexpensive and capable of speedily and accurately picking one object at a time from a random pile state. A target detecting part of an image processing part processes an image captured by a camera and detects objects. A target selecting part selects an object among the detected objects based on a certain rule. A view line direction calculating part calculates the direction of a view line extending to the selected object. A target position estimating part estimates the position including the height of the selected object based on size information of the object in the image. Then, a grip correction calculating part calculates an amount of correction of the movement of a robot so as to grip the object by using the robot.	01-07-2010

Taro Asai, Hamura JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080274576	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A method for improving productivity when manufacturing a semiconductor device. A lower electrode, insulating films, an upper electrode and insulating films are formed on a semiconductor substrate in a sensor region. A cavity is formed between the insulator films above the lower electrode. The lower electrode, insulating film, the cavity and insulating film, and an upper electrode form a variable capacity sensor. The cavity is formed by etching a sacrificial pattern between the insulation films by way of a hole formed in a pair of insulation films. Other than in the above sensor region, a dummy lower electrode and four insulating films are formed on the TEG region on the semiconductor substrate; and a dummy cavity is formed between a pair of insulation films above the lower electrode however no conductive layer on the same layer as the upper electrode is formed on the dummy cavity.	11-06-2008

Taro Endo, Chofu JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090174810	Video display system - A video display system includes: an image processing unit receives continuously an input video signal including an input frame signal for generating an output video signal comprising an output frame signal having a higher frame rate than the input frame signal; and a spatial light modulator (SLM) applies the output frame signal for modulating an illumination light, wherein an amount of data in the output frame signal is smaller than the amount of data in the input frame signal.	07-09-2009

Taro Endo, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080268136	METHOD OF PRODUCING ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS - There is provided a method of producing an organic light emitting apparatus including a substrate, an organic light emitting device formed on the substrate, and a device separating film formed on a periphery of the organic light emitting device, the organic light emitting device including a lower electrode, an organic compound layer, and an upper electrode from the substrate side in the stated order, includes: cleaning a substrate having at least the lower electrode and the device separating film formed thereon by irradiating the substrate with UV-light while introducing gas containing at least oxygen in an atmosphere and exhausting the gas under a pressure in a range of 10 Pa or more to 10,000 Pa or less; forming an organic compound layer on the cleaned lower electrode; and forming an upper electrode on the organic compound layer.	10-30-2008

Taro Fukui, Kadoma-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100147567	Thermosetting Resin Composition, Method of Manufacturing the Same and Circuit Board - The object of the invention is to provide a thermosetting resin composition which, in packaging an electronic circuit containing components incapable of withstanding elevated temperatures, employs low-melting solder particles, thereby enabling batch ref lowing and enabling packaging of components with excellent strength and toughness.	06-17-2010

Taro Hasegawa, Fukui JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090133546	Spindle Apparatus - A spindle apparatus includes a rotatable first spindle (	05-28-2009

Taro Hashizume, Odawara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110177281	OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD OF RECORDING INFORMATION AND AZO METAL COMPLEX DYE - An aspect of the present invention relates to an optical information recording medium comprising a recording layer on a surface of a support, wherein the surface of the support has pregrooves with a track pitch ranging from 50 to 500 nm, the recording layer comprises an azo metal complex dye being a complex of six azo dyes and seven transition metal ions. A further aspect of the present invention relates to a method of recording information onto the optical information recording medium and a novel azo metal complex dye.	07-21-2011
20110202942	OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD OF RECORDING INFORMATION AND PHOTOSENSITIZER - An aspect of the present invention relates to an optical information recording medium comprising a recording layer, wherein the recording layer comprises a cationic dye and a polynuclear azo metal complex dye comprising an azo dye and a metal ion, and a method of recording information comprising recording information on the recording layer comprised in the optical recording medium, and conducting the recording by irradiation of a laser beam having a wavelength of equal to or shorter than 440 nm onto the optical information recording medium. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a photo sensitizer.	08-18-2011

Taro Hasumi, Seoul KR

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110285691	VOLTAGE COMPENSATION TYPE PIXEL CIRCUIT OF ACTIVE MATRIX ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE - A voltage compensation type pixel circuit of an AMOLED display device includes a driving transistor serially connected to a light emitting element between high-potential and low-potential power lines to drive the light emitting element in response to a voltage supplied to a first node, a first program transistor for supplying a data voltage of a data line to a second node in response to a scan signal of a scan line, a second program transistor for supplying a reference voltage from a reference voltage supply line to the first node in response to the scan signal of the scan line, a merge transistor for connecting the first and second nodes in response to a merge signal of a merge line, a storage capacitor connected between a third node and the second node interposed between the driving transistor and the light emitting element to store a voltage which corresponds to the data voltage in which the threshold voltage is compensated, and first and second reset transistors for initializing at least two of the first, second, and third nodes to an initialization voltage of an initialization voltage line in response to a reset signal of a reset line.	11-24-2011

Taro Hirose, Suita-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100145059	METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDRAZINE COMPOUND,AND PRODUCTION INTERMEDIATES OF HYDRAZINE COMPOUND AND METHODS OF PRODUCING THE INTERMEDIATES - Provided are a novel method for producing a hydrazine compound useful as an insecticidal compound, and production intermediates which can be suitably used for the production method and methods for producing the intermediates. As the production intermediates, a specific isocyanate compound and an organomagnesium compound represented by the following general formula (IV) are provided. The organomagnesium compound can be synthesized from a corresponding dibromo compound.	06-10-2010

Taro Iede, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100081874	MEDICAL TREATMENT ENDOSCOPE - Provided is a medical treatment endoscope including: an endoscope main body which includes an elongated insertion portion having a lumen and an image capturing mechanism disposed in a distal end of the insertion portion; an arm which is able to be inserted into or extracted from the lumen and has a treatment tool lumen for allowing an endoscope treatment tool to be inserted therethrough; and a positioning mechanism which positions a part of the arm inserted through the lumen with respect to the endoscope main body.	04-01-2010

Taro Iede, Hachioji-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090171150	OBSERVATION UNIT DETACHABLE TYPE ENDOSCOPE AND ENDOSCOPE MAIN BODY - An endoscope main body of an endoscope includes a body cavity insert ion section, at least one operating arm section, a main body operating section, an arm section operating section, and an observation unit attachment/detachment mechanism. The insertion section includes a main body bending portion at the distal end portion of the endoscope main body. The operating arm section includes arm section bending portion connected to the distal end of the insertion section. The main body operating section includes a first operation mechanism provided on the proximal end side of the insertion section. The arm section operating section includes a second operation mechanism provided on the proximal end side of the insertion section. The observation unit attachment/detachment mechanism detachably attaches, to the insertion section, an observation unit provided in the insertion section and having a camera section and a signal transmission section which transmits video data.	07-02-2009
20090171160	ENDOSCOPE MAIN BODY AND ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope main body constituting an endoscope in a state in which an elongated detachable observation optical system is attached to the endoscope main body, and in a proximal end of an insertion section of the endoscope main body, a branch member is disposed. The branch member is provided so that a first extended section and a second extended section are branched from each other and thereby first and second operating sections are separately arranged. Furthermore, the branch member has an opening as an inlet which guides an imaging module in a distal end of the observation optical system to a hard portion of the insertion section.	07-02-2009

Taro Imahase, Fujisawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080278636	Optical unit, video display apparatus, and color switching method - A projection-type video display apparatus has a polarizing beam splitter for matching light, which is outputted by a light source unit, to one of S polarizing light and P polarizing light, an optical characteristics switching element for electrically and periodically switching a wavelength band of light outputted by the polarizing beam splitter, a video display element, as a light valve element, for forming an optical image from light outputted by the light source unit, in accordance with a video signal, and a radiating unit for radiating a plurality of color light, which are sequentially outputted by the optical characteristics switching element, to the video display element, wherein light outputted by the video display element is incident on a projecting lens, and a light path from the light source unit to the projecting lens is U-shaped. Consequently, the projection-type video display apparatus becomes compact and has improved contrast.	11-13-2008

Taro Inoue, Yamato JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090083344	Computer system, management computer, and file management method for file consolidation - Provided is a computer system, including: a computer; and a storage system coupled to the computer via a network. The computer includes: an interface coupled to the network, a processor coupled to the interface and a memory coupled to the processor. The storage system includes a plurality of volumes in which files are stored. The processor is configured to: decide duplicating files from among the files stored in the plurality of volumes as files to be consolidated; identify a plurality of volumes in which the files to be consolidated are stored; select at least one volume from among the identified plurality of volumes as a consolidation volume based on loads imposed on the identified plurality of volumes; and delete the files to be consolidated stored in the volumes that are not selected. Accordingly, in data de-duplication, it is possible to avoid extra loads from centralizing in a high-load-bearing volume.	03-26-2009
20090300387	OPERATION METHOD OF STORAGE APPARATUS, STORAGE APPARATUS AND STORAGE SUBSYSTEM - Proposed is an operation method for seeking a power interruption operation target in which MTBF will become longest. When a target value regarding a power interruption time and a target value regarding a power interruption count per 24 hours is input from an administrator to a management computer, the management computer calculates the MTBF after one year and the annual power consumption for each of the input target values, and, as a power interruption operation target in which the MTBF will become longest in one year, a target value regarding a power interruption time and a target value regarding a power interruption count are respectively selected among multiple target values in which the MTBF will become longest based on each of the calculation results, and displayed on a screen of an output unit.	12-03-2009
20110153968	DATA DUPLICATION CONTROL METHOD - When there is a change in a group of volumes managed by a host computer, data duplication processing is immediately carried out against the changed volume. The host computer includes a volume-managing portion, a data duplication-controlling portion which executes the data duplication of data stored in a volume in a main data center, and a data duplication storing portion which stores data necessary for the data duplication. The data duplication-controlling portion compares data held by the volume-managing portion with the data in the data duplication storing portion, and updates the data in the data duplication storing portion based on the data held by the volume-managing portion.	06-23-2011

Taro Itatani, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110039112	OPTICAL COMPONENT USING COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - A resin composition (	02-17-2011
20110233689	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - There is provided a semiconductor device that includes a III-V Group compound semiconductor having a zinc-blende-type crystal structure, an insulating material being in contact with the (111) plane of the III-V Group compound semiconductor, a plane of the III-V Group compound semiconductor equivalent to the (111) plane, or a plane that has an off angle with respect to the (111) plane or the plane equivalent to the (111) plane, and an MIS-type electrode being in contact with the insulating material and including a metal conductive material.	09-29-2011

Taro Kamiko, Singapore SG

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090043972	Memory Updating - There is provided a method for updating an internal memory on a semiconductor device from an external memory. The external memory is arranged in a plurality of data portions. The method comprises the steps of writing a first data portion from the external memory to the internal memory, processing the first data portion and, while the first data portion is being processed, once a selected data item is processed, starting to write a second data portion from the external memory to the internal memory. The method may be applied to the processing of software by an embedded processor on a semiconductor device. There is also provided a semiconductor device and a hardware module for the semiconductor device.	02-12-2009

Taro Kaneko, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100178012	OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An optical transmission module is provided which has excellent long-term reliability, high manufacturing efficiency and a smaller optical output loss and which facilitate its downsizing, weight saving and high integration. The optical transmission module is provided with a first optical device	07-15-2010

Taro Katayama, Toyonaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100088103	PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND PLAYBACK METHOD - Noise is prevented when decoding an audio stream not containing syncwords or CRC bits in the elementary stream. When decoding a current frame, the private header of the next frame is analyzed and the current frame is muted if the private header of the next frame is not valid. When there is a data discontinuity caused by editing, decoding resumes from the start address of the next frame determined.	04-08-2010

Taro Kato, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110081264	SCROLL COMPRESSOR - A scroll compressor has an electric motor portion, a compression mechanism portion connected to the electric motor portion, and an oil sump for lubricating oil in a sealed container and compresses a refrigerant in the compression mechanism portion. A used refrigerant is a halogenated hydrocarbon or a hydrocarbon having a carbon double bond in the composition or is a mixture containing one of the same. A sliding surface of at least one of two components constituting a sliding portion having a relation of sliding to each other in a sealed container is structured in such a way that an iron metal or an aluminum metal is not directly exposed.	04-07-2011

Taro Kawamura, Ibaraki-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110146340	Method of recovering carbon dioxide from gas and apparatus therefor - Provided is a method including the steps of: cooling exhaust gas to a given temperature by use of cold energy of liquefied natural gas; spraying water in a minute-ice generator having been cooled to a given temperature by use of the cold energy of the liquefied natural gas to generate minute ice; and introducing the minute ice and the cooled exhaust gas into a gas hydrate generator so as to cause the minute ice and carbon dioxide in the exhaust gas to react with each other in the gas hydrate generator, thereby generating carbon dioxide hydrate.	06-23-2011

Taro Kimura, Dazaifu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110301230	GENE CARRIER - Disclosed is a gene carrier composed of a hydrogen-bonding polymer having a polymer chain with hydrogen-bonding sites formed on the polymer chain, in which the polymer chain has a conformation similar to the conformation of a nucleic acid, and particularly, the polymer chain has helix parameters similar to the helix parameters of a nucleic acid of a helix structure. In a preferred embodiment, the hydrogen-bonding polymer is composed of β-1,3-glucan such as schizophyllan. The carrier can be expected to be applied as a vector and a separator for nucleic acids because it is capable of interacting with a nucleic acid to form a complex with the nucleic acid and thus carrying the nucleic acid.	12-08-2011

Taro Makigaki, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100220207	IMAGE EDITING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND MEDIUM STORING IMAGE EDITING PROGRAM - An image editing apparatus includes a selecting unit, an accepting unit, an extracting unit, and a calculating unit. The selecting unit selects any frame from a plurality of frames forming a moving image to be edited according to an instruction from a user. The accepting unit accepts designation of the user regarding an area to be edited and editing content for the any frame. The extracting unit extracts the area to be edited for each of the frames forming the moving image. For each of the frames forming the moving image, the calculating unit calculates a control value to be used for editing the area in each frame based on a difference between previously or subsequently continuing frames and the editing content or based on a result of editing provided to the any frame according to the editing content.	09-02-2010

Taro Masuda, Kyoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090280512	TUMOR MARKER FOR RENAL CANCER AND METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF OCCURRENCE OF RENAL CANCER - The present invention provides a tumor marker more highly specific to renal cancer. The present invention provides a method for identifying the morbidity of renal cancer. A tumor marker for renal cancer comprising proteins identified from renal cancerous tissue. A method for identifying the morbidity of renal cancer by using the tumor marker for renal cancer. The method comprises measuring the level of the protein in a sample derived from a person of interest who is to be examined to identify the morbidity of renal cancer; and comparing an obtained measured level to a normal level of the protein, wherein an upregulation or a downregulation of the obtained measured level compared to the normal level is used as one of indexes indicating that there is a high possibility that the person of interest has renal cancer.	11-12-2009

Taro Matsuo, Daito-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100073849	SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR - The solid electrolytic capacitor according to the present invention comprises a capacitor element including an anode section, a cathode section, and a dielectric oxide film provided between the anode section and the cathode section. The solid electrolytic capacitor further comprises an anode lead frame connected to the anode section, a cathode lead frame connected to the cathode section, and an exterior resin covering the capacitor element and a part of the anode lead frame and cathode lead frame respectively. The anode section comprises an anode body including a sintered body of a valve action metal, and an average particle diameter of particles of the valve action metal of the anode body is 0.43 μm or smaller.	03-25-2010

Taro Miwa, Seattle, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080270118	Recognition architecture for generating Asian characters - Architecture for correcting incorrect recognition results in an Asian language speech recognition system. A spelling mode can be launched in response to receiving speech input, the spelling mode for correcting incorrect spelling of the recognition results or generating new words. Correction can be obtained using speech and/or manual selection and entry. The architecture facilitates correction in a single pass, rather than multiples times as in conventional systems. Words corrected using the spelling mode are corrected as a unit and treated as a word. The spelling mode applies to languages of at least the Asian continent, such as Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and/or other Asian languages such as Japanese.	10-30-2008

Taro Miyamoto, Fukuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100137549	PRODUCTION APPARATUS OF POLYCARBONATE RESIN AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF POLYCARBONATE RESIN - The present invention relates to a production apparatus of a polycarbonate resin in which generation of adherents or foreign matters in a polymerization tank is reduced, and a production method of a polycarbonate resin in which crystallized foreign matters or burned foreign matters are reduced, by melt method. The present invention relates to a continuous production apparatus of a polycarbonate resin using a plurality of polymerization tanks, wherein when supplying a molten reactant to a liquid phase in a polymerization tank, or supplying the molten reactant to a gas phase in the polymerization tank by an insertion pipe, in at least one polymerization tank, and/or producing a polycarbonate resin by an ester exchange reaction between an aromatic dihydroxy compound and a carbonic diester by using three vertical polymerization tanks and one horizontal polymerization tank, equipped with a stirring device, a wall surface temperature T of a distillation pipe	06-03-2010

Taro Miyamoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080246349	Drive guide apparatus - The present invention provides a drive guide apparatus capable of ensuring an increased lifetime by preventing heat generated from a primary side of a linear motor from being transferred to a rail or a moving member of a guide mechanism to which the primary side of the linear motor is connected, thereby preventing variation of rolling resistance or sliding resistance of the guide mechanism. The drive guide apparatus has a linear motor and a guide mechanism that has a rail and a moving member provided to be movable relative to the rail. A primary side of the linear motor is connected to the rail. Thermal insulators for blocking heat generated from the primary side of the linear motor are provided between the primary side and the rail of the guide mechanism to which the primary side is connected directly or indirectly.	10-09-2008
20080303356	Rod-Type Linear Motor - By reviewing a material of a forcer housing and an assembly structure of a coil member with respect to the forcer housing, a thrust force is increased, an optimum shape can be easily given to the forcer housing depending on a purpose of use, and a linear motor can be manufactured at low cost. The linear motor includes a magnet rod composed of a large number of magnetic poles arranged with predetermined pitches along an axial direction and a forcer having a through-hole into which the magnet rod is loosely inserted and reciprocatable relatively to the magnet rod according to an applied electric signal. The forcer is composed of a forcer housing in which the through-hole is defined and a coil member which is arranged on an inner peripheral surface of the through-hole of the forcer housing and to which the electric signal is applied. The forcer housing is formed by mold forming with an insulating nonmetal inorganic material.	12-11-2008
20090127939	LINEAR SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR AND LINEAR MOTOR ACTUATOR - Provided is a linear synchronous motor in which, when a three-phase alternating current passes through a coil of a mover, thrust forces generated by the alternating currents of each phase are equalized, thereby making it possible to minimize variation in thrust force, the linear synchronous motor including: a stator magnet (	05-21-2009
20090261663	LINEAR MOTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a linear motor capable of simplifying assembling of a coil unit and stabilizing a coil pitch and the overall length of the coil unit.	10-22-2009

Taro Miyazawa, Ichihara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100187723	METHOD FOR PRODUCING MULTILAYER MOLDED ARTICLE - A method for producing a multilayer molded article is proposed, whereby a thin cover layer can be formed widely on a substrate layer. The method has a first step of placing a substrate in a cavity formed between a pair of mold halves, and a second step of supplying a second thermoplastic resin material being in a molten state, at an injection rate of 200 cm	07-29-2010

Taro Morimoto, Konan-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090255373	Method for manufacturing noble metal fine particles - A method for manufacturing noble metal fine particles, by which noble metal fine particles are obtained whose particle diameter and alloy composition are easy to control and whose crystallinity and purity are high, is provided. The method includes the steps of:	10-15-2009

Taro Moriya, Kumamoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110014551	RETICLE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR - A reticle includes: a repetition pattern; and a peripheral pattern. One of the repetition pattern and peripheral pattern is a first pattern with a first side in a first direction and the other is a second pattern with a second side in the first direction. The first side has a first length equal to or longer than a second length of the second side. The first length is n (n is an integer equal to or larger than 1) times as large as the second length. The first pattern has at least one of first misalignment measurement patterns provided at positions distant by a third length and ((the third length)+(n−1)×(the second length)) from an upper end of the first pattern. The third length is equal to or smaller than the second length. The second pattern has a second misalignment measurement pattern provided at a position distant by the third length from an upper end of the second pattern.	01-20-2011

Taro Murohoshi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100009214	ALPHA-DIKETOPYRROLOPYRROLE PIGMENT, COLORING COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE SAME, AND RED FILM - An α-diketopyrrolopyrrole pigment characterized by giving an X-ray diffraction spectrum in which the ratio of the peak density (I	01-14-2010

Taro Nagano, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100104756	Water-Based Ink for Ink-Jet Recording, Ink Set for Ink-Jet Recording, Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus, Method of Ink-Jet Recording, Color Change Inhibitor, and Method of Suppressing Color Change - The present invention provides a water-based ink for ink-jet recording containing a coloring agent, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent. The coloring agent contains a dye represented by the following general formula (1). The ink further includes a boron compound and at least one of amino polycarboxylic acid and amino polycarboxylate.	04-29-2010
20100242794	Water-Based Ink for Ink-Jet Recording, Ink Cartridge, and Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus - The present invention provides a water-based ink for ink-jet recording including a pigment, water, an anionic surfactant represented by the following general formula (1), and complex salt forming an anionic zirconium complex ion.	09-30-2010

Taro Nakajima, Tsurugashima-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100064217	CONTENT EXPLAINING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A content explaining apparatus and method computes the degrees of similarity between a specified content and the other contents than the specified content of multiple contents based on content information stored in content information database means, computes a user realization degree for each of the other contents based on user information stored in user management database means or the content information stored in the content information database means, computes an explanation accuracy degree of each of the other contents for the specified content from the similarity degree and user realization degree of said each of the other contents, and presents content explaining information for the specified content according to the explanation accuracy degrees.	03-11-2010

Taro Nakamura, Tochigi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090053004	MACHINE TOOL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MACHINE TOOL - A machine tool (	02-26-2009

Taro Nakamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100269689	FLUID POURING TYPE ACTUATOR - An actuator is provided whose expansion in the radial direction can be efficiently translated into longitudinal movement when its length is contracted and extended by injecting a fluid into the tubular body. The fluid injection type actuator includes an actuator body, which is an expansion and contraction section of the actuator. The actuator body is constructed of a cylindrical rubber tube and annular fiber groups inserted and extending longitudinally therein. The annular fiber groups are each a group of fibers, such as glass roving fibers having a diameter of about 10 μm, arranged in an annular array along the circumference of the rubber tube. The arrangement allows the rubber tube to be restrained over the entirety of the actuator body longitudinally when it is expanded radially.	10-28-2010

Taro Nakanoya, Okayama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100283013	SILVER MICROPOWDER, SILVER INK, SILVER COATING, AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION OF THESE MATERIALS - Provided is a silver micropowder coated with a protective material and capable of more drastically reducing the sintering temperature than before. The silver micropowder comprises silver particles processed to adsorb hexylamine (C	11-11-2010
20100288159	SILVER MICROPOWDER HAVING EXCELLENT AFFINITY FOR POLAR MEDIUM, AND SILVER INK - Provided are silver nanoparticles having a good affinity (that is, dispersibility) for γ-butyrolactone (C	11-18-2010

Taro Nakata, Chiba-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090160830	PHOTODETECTION SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, PHOTODETECTOR, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Shields that transmit light to be detected and have conductivity are disposed on light receiving surfaces of photodiodes (	06-25-2009
20090184331	PHOTODETECTION SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, PHOTODETECTOR, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Shields that transmit light to be detected and have conductivity are disposed on light receiving surfaces of photodiodes (	07-23-2009
20100253616	PHOTODETECTION DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a photodetection device which is small in size and has excellent sensitivity. The photodetection device (	10-07-2010

Taro Nishino, Yasu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100052472	ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A method for manufacturing an electronic component includes a first step of preparing a piezoelectric body with a flat surface, a second step of implanting ions into the piezoelectric body such that an ion-implanted layer is formed in the piezoelectric body, a third step of forming sacrificial layers on the flat surface of the piezoelectric body, a fourth step of forming an insulating body over the flat surface of the piezoelectric body and the sacrificial layers to form a piezoelectric structure, a fifth step of dividing the piezoelectric body at the ion-implanted layer to form a piezoelectric laminar structure in which a piezoelectric film separated from the piezoelectric body is bonded to the insulating body, a sixth step of forming electrodes on portions of a division surface of the piezoelectric film, and a seventh step of removing the sacrificial layers from the piezoelectric laminar structure.	03-04-2010
20100219717	ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE - An acoustic wave device includes an acoustic wave element including an IDT electrode provided on a substrate, and a protective film arranged to cover the acoustic wave element so as to stabilize characteristics. The protective film is a silicon nitride film composed of silicon and nitrogen as main components and when a composition ratio of the silicon to the nitrogen is represented by 1:X, X is about 1.15 or less.	09-02-2010

Taro Nishino, Kyoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100293770	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE - Provided is a method for manufacturing an acoustic wave device that has an excellent temperature coefficient of frequency (TCF) and high accuracy of IDT pattern forming and is capable of resisting high temperature processing of 200 degrees or more. The method for manufacturing an acoustic wave device according to the present invention includes forming an IDT (	11-25-2010
20100301700	ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are an acoustic wave device and a method for manufacturing the same, the acoustic wave device being effectively prevented from expanding and contracting due to temperature change and having a small frequency shift. The acoustic wave device of the present invention has a piezoelectric substrate (	12-02-2010

Taro Ochiai, Fukuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090284393	LED Road Traffic Signal Light - An LED road traffic signal light equipped with symbol patterning by chromaticity where a color-blind person can distinguish between red and yellow LED signal lights even at a predetermined distance without causing entire mixture discoloring. A red LED signal light comprising a group of LED elements emitting red light, wherein the group of LED elements is mixed with an identification LED element having a chromaticity different from that of the red LED element, or mixed with an identification LED element having a different luminance, or mixed with an identification LED element combining different chromaticity and luminance, thus constituting an LED road traffic signal light which can be distinguished by both physically unimpaired person and color-blind person.	11-19-2009

Taro Ogawa, Nerima-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090247128	MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY CODE NOTIFICATION APPARATUS - A mobile communication system is provided such that multiple identity codes assigned to a terminal device are displayed on the terminal device, whereby such multiple identity codes are selectively and arbitrarily used without a specific provision, and an identity code is displayed according to an arrival of an appropriate notification chance. A subscriber identity code notification apparatus is also provided. A subscriber identity code holding device holds multiple identity codes such as telephone numbers, which are applicable to a single terminal device and which are different depending on the telecommunications carrier. A subscriber identity code notification apparatus is provide such that the subscriber identity code held by the subscriber identity code holding device notifies the terminal device of the corresponding subscriber identity code, in discrimination of an arrival of a given notification chance.	10-01-2009

Taro Ohno, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090238991	Method for preparation of forming mold having baked layer of lubricating mold-releasing agent - Disclosed is a method for preparation of a glass forming mold having a layer of a lubricating mold-releasing agent with reduced fluctuation in lubricating property, by baking the layer of the lubricating mold-releasing agent in a manner that prevents defects like blistering or peeling of the layer, or surface roughening. The method is a method for preparation of a glass forming mold having a baked layer of a lubricating mold-releasing agent on the mold surface thereof, wherein the method comprises heating the mold surface with an applied lubricating mold-releasing agent thereon by exposing the mold surface to a high frequency magnetic flux until the temperature of the mold surface reaches a predetermined baking temperature.	09-24-2009

Taro Osabe, Kokubunji JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110169070	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - For providing a cheap semiconductor memory device with improving reliability by level of a cell, in the place of escaping from defects on memory cells electrically, through such as ECC, and further for providing a cell structure enabling scaling-down in the vertical direction with maintaining the reliability, in a semiconductor memory device, upon which high-speeded read-out operation is required, a charge storage region is constructed with particles made from a large number of semiconductor charge storage small regions, each being independent, thereby increasing the reliability by the cell level.	07-14-2011

Taro Osabe, Delmar, NY US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110058410	SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A random-access non-volatile semiconductor memory device, which does not use individual gate terminals of transistors of memory cells in order to select individual memory cells for read/write operations performed on the device. The gate terminals of the memory cells are all biased to the same voltage during a read or write operation. For example, the gate terminals of the memory cells in the array are electrically connected together. By appropriate control of source and drain voltages during a read or write operation, discrimination can be achieved between selected and non-selected memory cells of the array.	03-10-2011

Taro Osabe, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110176718	APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING DEGRADATION OF PATTERN FEATURES - A measurement tool apparatus for evaluating degradation of pattern features in a semiconductor device manufacturing process. The measurement tool apparatus detects variations in the patterns from SEM images thereof and extracts pattern edge points along the circumference of each pattern. The measurement tool apparatus compares the pattern edge points to corresponding edge points of an ideal shape so as to determine deviation of the patterns. Metrics are derived from analysis of the deviations. The measurement tool apparatus uses the metrics in calculating an index representative of the geometry of edge spokes of the pattern, an indicator of the orientation of the edge spokes, and/or anticipated effects of the edge spokes on device performance.	07-21-2011

Taro Oyama, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100003186	CARBON FIBER - According to the present invention, there is disclosed a carbon fiber having a strand tensile strength of 6,100 MPa or more, a strand tensile modulus of 340 GPa or more and a density of 1.76 g/cm	01-07-2010
20100252438	CARBON FIBER STRAND AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A carbon fiber strand which is produced by obtaining a solidified-yarn strand by spinning with a spinneret having 20,000-30,000 spinning holes, passing the strand through an interlacing nozzle having an air blowing pressure of 20-60 kPa to obtain precursor fibers, oxidizing them in heated air having a temperature of 200-280° C. to obtain oxidized fibers, subjecting these oxidized fibers to a first carbonization treatment in an inert-gas atmosphere at a temperature of 300-900° C. in which the fibers are firstly stretched in a stretch ratio of 1.03-1.06 and then secondarily stretched in a stretch ratio of 0.9-1.01, subsequently conducting a second carbonization treatment in an inert-gas atmosphere at 1,360-2,100° C., and then conducting a surface oxidization treatment in an aqueous solution of an inorganic acid salt in a quantity of electricity of 20-100 C per g of the carbon fibers. This carbon fiber strand has a strand tensile strength of 5,650 MPa or higher, strand tensile modulus of 300 GPa or higher, and strand width of 5.5 mm or larger. No strand crack is observed in an examination by a strand crack evaluation method.	10-07-2010
20100252439	CARBON FIBER STRAND AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A carbon fiber strand obtained by bundling 20,000-30,000 carbon fibers each having, in the surface thereof, creases which are parallel to the fiber-axis direction. In an examination with a scanning probe microscope, the creases in the carbon fiber surface are apart from each other at a distance of 120-160 nm and have a depth of 12-23 nm, excluding 23 nm. The carbon fibers have an average fiber diameter of 4.5-6.5 nm, specific surface area of 0.9-2.3 m	10-07-2010

Taro Oyama, Sunto-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100260658	METHOD OF PRODUCING PRE-OXIDATION FIBER AND CARBON FIBER - There is disclosed a method of producing a pre-oxidation fiber in the production of the pre-oxidation fiber by subjecting a polyacrylic precursor fiber to pre-oxidation processing in an oxidizing atmosphere, including shrinking the precursor fiber as a pretreatment of pre-oxidation at a load of 0.58 g/tex or less in the temperature range of 220 to 260° C. under conditions in which the degree of cyclization (I	10-14-2010
20100266827	CARBON FIBER AND COMPOSITE MATERIAL USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a carbon fiber having enhanced surface properties, tensile strength and tensile modulus to be able to obtain a composite material having high composite properties such as excellent impact resistance, preferably a carbon fiber of which tensile modulus is greater than or equal to 340 GPa and tensile strength is greater than or equal to 5970 MPa. The carbon fiber has the properties that the compression strength in the transverse direction of monofilament of the carbon fiber is greater than or equal to 130 kgf/mm	10-21-2010

Taro Sano, Ritto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110265432	VERTICAL BAG-MANUFACTURING AND PACKAGING MACHINE - A vertical bag-manufacturing and packaging machine includes a feeding unit having an upstream tube portion, an opening/closing mechanism, and a downstream tube portion. The upstream tube portion is configured and arranged to downwardly convey the article. The opening/closing mechanism is disposed on a downstream side of the upstream tube portion with a gap being formed between a downstream end of the upstream tube portion and an upstream end of the opening/closing mechanism, and configured and arranged to selectively open or close to selectively discharge or hold the article discharged by the upstream tube portion. The downstream tube portion is disposed on a downstream side of the opening/closing mechanism, and configured and arranged to downwardly convey the article discharged by the opening/closing mechanism, the downstream tube portion having an internal diameter that is larger than an internal diameter of the upstream tube portion.	11-03-2011

Taro Sato, Shimotsuga-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100234367	7-CYCLOALKYLAMINOQUINOLONES AS GSK-3 INHIBITORS - Provided herein are aminoquinolones of formula I and compositions containing the compounds. The compounds and compositions provided herein are useful in the prevention, amelioration or treatment of GSK-3 inhibitors mediated diseases.	09-16-2010

Taro Shimokochi, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090026652	SOLUTION CASTING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREVENTING SKINNING - A dope is cast from a discharge opening of a casting die onto a casting drum. A casting bead is the dope between the discharge opening and the casting drum. A nozzle and a guide path are provided downstream from the discharge opening with respect to a moving direction (direction X) of the casting drum. The guide path is formed on a tapered surface of the casting die. The nozzle supplies an anticoagulant to the guide path. The anticoagulant is guided to a bottom end of the guide path. Upon reaching the bottom end, the anticoagulant forms a pool in the close vicinity of an end E of the discharge opening. The anticoagulant is securely supplied to a side edge portion of the casting bead through the pool.	01-29-2009

Taro Shimokouchi, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090302495	SOLUTION CASTING METHOD AND SOLUTION CASTING APPARATUS FOR FILM MANUFACTURE	12-10-2009

Taro Tachibana, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100310721	YEAST HAVING IMMUNOPOTENTIATING CAPABILITY AND FOOD OR FEED - A yeast including a cell wall having a low mannan content, wherein the yeast has an immunopotentiating capability, and is able to grow in a YPD liquid medium with an osmotic pressure of 300 mOsm, and wherein, when a part of a pre-culture of the yeast grown in a YPDS liquid medium is added to the YPD liquid medium so that OD	12-09-2010

Taro Takebuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100296738	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING TIRE SHAPE - A method and apparatus for accurately detecting the shape of a tire side by performing an image processing of removing a knurled region from the tire side. An actual image of a tire side having a knurled region obtained by a light-section method is Fourier-transformed into a Fourier-transformed image by a Fourier-transformed image creating unit of an image processing means. Cross-shaped peaks appearing discretely at predefined frequency intervals on a straight line in the Fourier-transformed image are identified as peaks attributable to the knurled region by a knurled component identifying unit. The cross-shaped peaks are removed from the Fourier-transformed image by a knurl component removing unit, and the Fourier-transformed image from which the peaks are removed is inverse-Fourier-transformed into an actual image by an inverse-Fourier-transforming unit. And the acceptability of the shape of the tire side is determined using the actual image.	11-25-2010

Taro Tsubomura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100177264	LIGHT-EMITTING MATERIAL CONTAINING METAL COMPLEX AND PHOTOELECTRIC DEVICE USING SAME - Disclosed is a material having charge-transporting properties, which contains a neutral metal complex having a partial structure represented by the general formula (1) below and at least two multidentate ligands, or such a metal complex structure. (In the formula, M represents a transition metal or a lanthanoid; Ar1 and Ar2 independently represent an optionally substituted divalent aromatic ring; and X	07-15-2010

Taro Uchida, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110267919	INTERNAL BATCH MIXER - An internal batch mixer is provided with: a casing within which a material is mixed; a door which opens and closes a material discharge opening of the casing by being rotated about the axis thereof and closes the material discharge opening when in a closed state; and a latch mechanism which, when the material is mixed in the casing, holds the door in a latched state, the latched state being a state in which the material discharge opening is being closed by the door and cannot be opened, and which, when the material having been mixed in the casing is discharged from the inside of the casing, releases the door from the latched state. The latch mechanism is provided with a linear actuator which has a movable section capable of moving linearly and moves the movable section to the door side to supply power to the latch member, the power causing the latch member to move to the door side, and a linear sensor for measuring the distance of linear movement of the movable section caused by the linear actuator. Information relating to the displacement of the latch member is displayed on a display device on the basis of the distance of linear movement of the movable section measured by the linear sensor.	11-03-2011

Taro Umezawa, New Westminster CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090271186	AUDIO SIGNAL SHAPING FOR PLAYBACK BY AUDIO DEVICES - A technique is provided for limiting distortion of an audio signal being processed for playback by an audio device. In accordance with the technique, the audio signal is compressed to generate a compressed audio signal having a level that does not exceed a compression limit. The compressed audio signal is then soft clipped signal to generate a soft-clipped audio signal having a level that does not exceed a soft clipping limit, wherein the compression limit exceeds the soft clipping limit. The technique may also include passing the audio signal through a shaping filter prior to compressing the audio signal, wherein passing the audio signal through a shaping filter comprises modifying the level of selected frequency components of the audio signal.	10-29-2009

Taro Watanabe, Changwon-City KR

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080298710	Image signal processing apparatus for generating bright signal of high reproducibility - An image signal processing apparatus and method for processing an image signal input from an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) in a pixel-by-pixel basis and generating a bright signal corresponding to chrominance signals comprise a low pass filter (LPF), an subtractor, an adder, and a bright signal controller. The LPF cancels a high frequency component of the chrominance signals contained in the input image signal. The subtractor generates a high frequency component signal by subtracting an output signal of the LPF from the input image signal. The adder generates the bright signal by adding the high frequency component signal generated by the subtractor to the output signal of the LPF. The bright signal controller increases the high frequency component signal generated by the subtractor if a pixel position of the input image signal is within an object range, and decreases the high frequency component signal generated by the subtractor if a pixel position of the input image signal is out of the object range.	12-04-2008

Taro Yamafuku, Kyoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100178570	Nonaqueous electrolytic cell and its manufacturing method - The invention aims to suppress gas generation in a nonaqueous electrolytic cell having a negative electrode containing negative active material such as lithium titanate and particularly suppress swelling in a nonaqueous electrolytic cell by suppressing gas generation at the time of storage at a high temperature. The nonaqueous electrolytic cell comprises a nonaqueous electrolyte containing an electrolytic salt and a nonaqueous solvent, a positive electrode, and a negative electrode containing a negative electrode material into/from which lithium ions are inserted/extracted at a potential higher than the lithium potential by 1.2 V. The nonaqueous electrolytic cell is characterized in that the nonaqueous electrolyte contains vinylene carbonate, the negative electrode has a coat thereon, and the nonaqueous electrolytic cell is used in a range of negative electrode potential nobler than the lithium potential by 0.8 V. A nonaqueous electrolytic cell manufacturing method is characterized in that a nonaqueous electrolyte containing vinylene carbonate is used, the initial charge-discharge is carried out under a condition that the negative potential in the completed charged state exceeds the lithium potential by 0.8 V, a coat is formed on the surface of the negative electrode or a coat is formed on the surface of the negative electrode at the initial charge-discharge in such a way at least once, the negative potential is lowered below the lithium potential by 0.4 V.	07-15-2010

Taro Yamashita, Miyagi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090261319	Josephson quantum computing device and integrated circuit using such devices - A Josephson quantum computing device and an integrated circuit using Josephson quantum computing devices which can realize a NOT gate operation controlled with 2 bits will be provided. The Josephson quantum computing device (	10-22-2009

Taro Yamashita, Ichihara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100087605	PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF THERMOPLASTIC COPOLYMER - A process for continuously producing a thermoplastic copolymer, in which a copolymer (A) containing unsaturated carboxylic acid alkyl ester units and unsaturated carboxylic acid units is produced and in succession heat-treated to perform intramolecular cyclization reaction by dehydration and/or dealcoholization reaction, for producing a thermoplastic copolymer (B) containing glutaric anhydride units and the unsaturated carboxylic acid alkyl ester units. The obtained copolymer is excellent in heat resistance and colorless transparency and very small in foreign matter content.	04-08-2010

Taro Yamashita, Ishikawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100197770	Methods for Determining Heptocellular Carcinoma Subtype and Detecting Hepatic Cancer Stem Cells - The invention provides a method of determining an HCC subtype in a subject comprising a) obtaining a sample from the subject, b) assaying the sample to detect the expression of 1 or more biomarkers, and c) correlating the expression of the biomarkers with an HCC subtype in a subject. The invention further provides methods of detecting HCC stem cells in a sample. Additionally, the invention provides methods and compositions for treating subjects with HCC that take advantage of the biomarkers associated with HCC stem cells.	08-05-2010

Taro Yamashita, Penang MY

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110118424	METHOD FOR PRODUCING THERMOPLASTIC COPOLYME - A thermoplastic copolymer having an excellent balance among properties such as coating resistance, color stability and fluidity and having high operability and productivity can be obtained by a method for producing a thermoplastic copolymer, comprising step (I) of supplying a monomer mixture (a) containing an aromatic vinyl monomer (a1) and a vinyl cyanide monomer (a2) to a complete mixing type reactor continuously to produce a copolymer (A) and step (II) of supplying the copolymer (A) continuously to a tubular reactor with a static mixing structure therein, which is placed in series with the complete mixing type reactor, and reacting the copolymer (A) to produce a copolymer (B).	05-19-2011

Taro Yamashita, Chiba JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100324231	PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF THERMOPLASTIC COPOLYMER - Disclosed is a process for producing a thermoplastic copolymer, which comprises step of supplying a monomer mixture (a) to a loop reactor continuously to produce a copolymer (A), the monomer mixture (a) comprising an aromatic vinyl monomer (a1), a vinyl cyanide monomer (a2) and an N-substituted maleimide monomer (a3). The process enables the production of a thermoplastic copolymer which has an excellent balance among physical properties such as heat resistance, color and flow property, reduces the amount of bleeding that may cause mold staining during molding processing and has excellent handleability and productivity.	12-23-2010

Taro Yamazaki, Toyama-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100247700	COLLAPSIBLE MOLD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In a collapsible mold and a method of manufacturing the same, the collapsible mold has extremely low moisture-absorption properties, does not change in surface properties thereof due to absorption of moisture and swelling, and is storable for a long time without absorbing moisture and swelling. Specifically, the method manufactures a collapsible mold containing at least any of calcium oxide and magnesium oxide. The method includes a step of bringing the collapsible mold into contact with carbon dioxide immediately after a step of burning the collapsible mold or a step of casting the collapsible mold.	09-30-2010

Taro Yokoyama, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080240889	ROBOT, CONTROL METHOD OF ROBOT AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF ROBOT - A robot or the like able to precisely grip an object by flexibly changing an operation in accordance with various environments.	10-02-2008
20090060318	Legged mobile robot - In a legged mobile robot having an imaging device (such as CCD camera) for taking an image utilizing incident light from external world in which a human being to be imaged is present, brightness reduction operation is executed to reduce brightness of a high-brightness imaging region produced by high-brightness incident light, when the high-brightness imaging region is present in the image taken by the imaging device. With this, when the imaged high-brightness imaging region is present owing to high-brightness incident light from the sun or the like, the legged mobile robot can reduce the brightness to image a human being or other object with suitable brightness.	03-05-2009